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This is a chronological listing of all the updates to Warpstorm. Whether you use it because you want to make sure you've read everything, or you want to see how my viewpoint has changed, or whatever, I want to make it available to you. Enjoy!

7/31/08 An interesting way of classifying 40k armies that may offer some insights into your games.

7/24/08 A Skirmish with Ahriman and his Thousand Sons Chaos Forces.

7/18/08 A brief guide to some of the major or complex changes in moving from 4th edition to 5th edition.

7/10/08 A critical encounter between my Bork'an Expeditionary Forces and a Tyranid Splinter Fleet. My introduction to the Fifth Edition of Warhammer 40k, as well.

7/04/08 How to play competitively without raising your blood pressure or lowering your Sportmanship score.

6/26/08 Fast Assault Prevention

6/20/08 How is my Tau army progressing?

6/13/08 A Combat Patrol tournament with my Tau! Part three: analysis.

6/06/08 A Combat Patrol tournament with my Tau! Part two

05/30/08 A Combat Patrol tournament with my Tau!

05/23/08 Target your enemy's weakness!

05/15/08 How to best attack Trenchworks and Fortifications!

05/09/08 How to best defend Trenchworks and Fortifications!

05/02/08 Grab that shovel and dig into trenchworks and fortifications!

04/24/08 More Weapons Manufacturing! Sculpting Missile Pods.

04/17/08 An Update on the State of the Warp and the progress of my plans.

04/10/08 Painting _Individual_ models before you take them off the sprue

04/03/08 Painting models before you take them off the sprue

03/27/08 Making time for painting

03/20/08 Ultramarines die for the Greater Good

03/13/08 The Dark Eldar and Superior Firepower

03/06/08 Adding a nasty twist to our favorite Kabal: Pinning!

02/29/08 Dusting off the models and cracking open the codex to see what we can do with the Dark Kin.

02/21/08 Pick up everything you've got and ram it down their throat with a Full-on Assault!

02/14/08 Take the fight to the enemy, but bring some firepower along to soften them up!

02/07/08 My Tau have a brief skirmish with Space Marines

01/31/08 Playstyles: Shooting/Counterassault Discussion

01/24/08 Tau advice in League Play

01/17/08 The (not quite) annual State of the Warp Address. What am I doing, what's going on?

01/10/08 Godzilla Tyranids against the Imperial Guard.

01/03/08 Chaos crashes the party as Grey Knights and Imperial Guard are set upon by Tyranids!

12/27/07 3 lists for my Godzilla Tyranids, with explanations.

12/20/07 A bit of seasonal doggerel with a 40k theme.

12/13/07 Un-conventional warfare, with a bunch of stealthy killers.

12/06/07 Un-conventional warfare, Godzilla-style.

11/29/07 Un-conventional warfare.

11/22/07 Sniper Drone Team assembly and review.

11/15/07 Sportsmanship and how the little things help you and your opponent have a good time.

11/08/07 Simple Tau-Themed Terrain: Generator Tower.

11/01/07 How to incorporate opportunity into your army.

10/25/07 Answering the door when opportunity knocks.

10/18/07 Mobility and Firepower against Mechanization.

10/11/07 Progress Report.

10/04/07 Sculpting Missile Pods.

09/27/07 Stick it to 'em! Magnetizing models.

09/20/07 Divergent Paths of the Tau: Common Ground

09/13/07 Battle Report action against Space Marines.

09/06/07 The fourth of the Divergent Paths series: Mobile Infantry.

08/30/07 The third of the Divergent Paths series: Rain.

08/22/07 My Tau take on more Space Marines, but find it a little easier going this time.

08/15/07 Divergent Paths Chapter 2: Extra Jumpy Tau.

08/09/07 Armchair General analysis of my struggle against Space Marines.

08/01/07 My Tau take on a force of Space Marines and find they've bitten off more than they can chew.

07/25/07 Divergent Paths Chapter 1: Original Concept Tau

07/18/07 Getting it done: finishing the last of my first batch of Tau.

07/11/07 Divergent Paths: Introduction to my various plans for serving the Greater Good.

07/05/07 Finishing up the first part of my Tau: Painting and how to get it done.

06/27/07 Carpe Corpus (Seize the Corpse?) Megabattle Action!

06/13/07 Tactical Mobility for the Tau, part 2

06/13/07 Tactical Mobility for the Tau Revisited

06/06/07 A Learning Experience (part II) The Armchair General Analyzes my Tau force's performance in a recent battle against the servants of Slaanesh.(2nd of 2 articles.)

05/30/07 A learning Experience The Armchair General Analyzes my Tau force's performance in a recent battle against the servants of Slaanesh.

05/23/07 Stop the Music! 1k of 40k Tau vs Slaaneshi Chaos

05/16/07 Untouchable Exploring Tactical Mobility in the Tau Empires army list.

05/10/07 Tau vs. Tau You just know they'd play paintball!

05/03/07 Tactical Mobility and it's importance in the current edition of Warhammer 40k.

04/26/07 Small game with my Tau against Imperial Guard!Check out the pictures and analysis.

04/19/07 Combat Patrol with my Tau Cadre against Noise Marines!

04/11/07 Tag, you're it! Using Victory Point Denial as a Tau player.

04/05/07 I don't mean to Bug you! Using Victory Point Denial as a Tyranid player.

03/29/07 No Points for you! Using Victory Point Denial.

03/22/07 Camouflage Pirahna and a Crisis Suit, finishing the Combat Patrol!

03/15/07 A Hybrid of Alpha Strike and Unseen Enemy? Sneaky.

03/08/07 Alpha Strike, Hit them First and Hit them Hard!

03/02/07 The Unseen Enemy

02/22/07 Posing and Painting the Commander

02/14/07 Continuing the Combat Patrol

02/9/07 Beginning in the beginning. Getting ready for a Combat Patrol for the Greater Good!

01/31/07 The Tau army Crisis Test (Broadside, too) Let's see if I can make them look like Crisis (or Broadside!) Battlesuits!

01/24/07 Tau Vs Tyranids. 800pts, Last Man Standing.

01/17/07 I can't see the forest for all these trees! A terrain project for really big trees.

01/11/07 Paint Scheme testing in progress, will a Shas'la please volunteer to report to bay 12?

01/03/07 Stealth Crisis! We've got a Stealth Crisis!

12/28/06 Guest Batrep: Chaos vs Tyranids 1000pt battle!

12/21/06 Call me Cleopatra... Victory Point Denial

12/13/06 Laying it all out

12/07/06 Finishing the Table!

11/29/06 Setting the Table (or something)

11/23/06 If you build it they will game!

11/16/06 One table to rule them all!

11/09/06 Make the best out of what you've got!

11/02/06 Forums. Finding good ones and keeping them that way.

10/26/06 Beat the Mirror Match. This is gonna get ugly!

10/19/06 Beat the Assault. Berzerkers and Genestealers and Orks, oh my!

10/12/06 Beat the Shooter. What to do when you are outgunned.

10/05/06 Synergy. The whole is more than the sum of it's parts.

09/28/06 Let's get it together! Synergy and working together.

09/21/06 Show 'em how it's done!

09/14/06 Make your army unique and get a leg up on your adversaries!

09/07/06 Comparison Shopping the army lists

08/31/06 New Armies: All about the Benjamins?

08/24/06 Feeling Jumpy

08/17/06 Born to be Wild!

08/10/06 The Future is dusty?

07/27/06 What does the Future hold?

07/20/06 Get the Flock out of here! Basing the Swarm, and making it faster!

07/13/06 Rethinking the Swarm. I won a 1000pt Battle, but I think the Swarm needs some adjusting. Come see how!

07/06/06 This Week The Swarm gets mostly painted and goes for 3 battles over the weekend!

06/29/06 Glazed, but not confused!

06/22/06 How do you paint 140+ Gaunts?

06/15/06 It's about Time

06/08/06 Uh, was that supposed to happen?

06/01/06 You _Killed_ HOW MANY bugs?

05/25/06 You brought HOW MANY bugs?

05/18/06 Tyranids AND Tau against Word Bearers and Thousand Sons!

05/11/06 Tyranids vs Tau, featuring Sniper Megafex!!!

05/05/06 Hmm... Now this changes things...

04/27/06 Back to Basics?

04/20/06 I don't care how tough that list is, bring on your tanks and Daemons!

04/13/06 An invincible IG Gunline? Unbeatable by Tyranids? I don't think so!

04/05/06 Battle Reports: Swarm against Tau!

03/29/06 Battle Reports: Chaos and (New)Tau opponents

03/23/06 What can you expect to see?

03/16/06 How to make those choices that are less than optimal perform well.

03/09/06 Win the battle before the shooting starts with Mobility!

02/23/06 How to get the most effectiveness for the fewest points!

02/16/06 What's going on? And what about Da Gobbos?

02/09/06 How to Win Games, part 4: Playing the Game and Afterward

02/01/06 How to Win Games, part 3: Before the Game and Making your Plan.

01/26/06 How to Win Games, part 2: Pick the winners, List Selection and Unit Efficiency.

01/19/06 How to Win Games, part 1: Think like a winner! Victory Points, Objectives and Meta-Army Selection.

01/13/06 1913 point Rogue Trader Tournament Action featuring my Shooty Godzilla Tyranid army!

01/06/06The best of both worlds, how to get your army done quickly, but also make it look good!

12/30/05Mag-Neato! How to get your army to stick around!

12/23/05Know Your Enemy: Armored Company, part 2: The Lists!

12/16/05Know Your Enemy: Armored Company! or Tanks! Tanks a lot!

12/16/05Behold, the power of Cheese!

12/09/051500pt Tournament action with my Shooty, Semi-Godzilla Tyranid force!

12/01/05Know your enemy, Space Marine Horde, part 2.

11/25/05Know your enemy, what to do in case of a Space Marine Horde.

11/18/05Tyranid Questions and Tyranid answers!

11/10/05A trial by fire, lots of fire...

11/04/05I don't think the Orkin man can help with bugs of this size...

10/27/05You've got HOW many models? That's not in 750pts, is it?

10/20/05 Too many legs, too many guns, that's just not right!

10/12/05 Battle Reports, World Eaters, plus a quick report vs Armored Company. Mmmm, crunchy.

10/06/05 Invasion update and my new scouting strategy.

09/29/05 Eldar, the other white meat, a Battle report.

09/21/05 Some new Tyranid ideas and a reevaluation of some old ones.

09/15/05 Tyranids or Chaos Marines, you make the call!

09/09/05 I've got to Concentrate, Concentrate, Concentrate!

09/02/05 check out my Terrain Tracks with some Styrofoam bunkers and a ruined building!

09/01/05 Modified Combat Patrol tournament action, with Armchair General comments!

08/25/05 New Paint Scheme! Have I found the Holy Grail of miniature painting for gamers?

08/11/05 Warpshadow Tyranid Campaign

08/05/05 Chasing Daemons!

07/28/05 Welcome Home

07/21/05 Tyranid Army List Variations, part 4

07/14/05 Tyranid Army List Variations, part 3

07/07/05 Tyranid Army List Variations, part 2

06/30/05 Tyranid Army List Variations, part 1

06/23/05 Sic Semper Tyranids

06/16/05 What Color is Your Carnifex ?

06/08/05 Evac

06/02/05 Falling Like Rain

05/26/05 The Old Man and the Sea

05/19/05 Comparison Shopping for Tyranids?

05/12/05 How to help inspiration strike you!

05/05/05 Armchair General on my Tyranids

04/28/05 Arachnid Warriors

04/22/05 Multi-Talon-ted

04/15/05 The Golden Distance

04/07/05 Identifying Equipment

03/31/05 Dark Eldar Webway Portal Tactica!

03/24/05 Tyranid army lists in 4th edition and preparations for the new Codex

03/17/05 Making Choices in the Tyranid list.

03/09/05 A weekend of extraordinary gaming!

03/01/05 What to expect from the new Tyranid Codex!

02/23/05 Fantasy Army Progress Report, take 4! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, let's hope it's not a train!

02/17/05 Fantasy Army Progress Report, take 3! It's getting down to the wire!

02/10/05 Fantasy Army Progress Report, take 2! What did I get done, what is still left to do?

02/02/05 Fantasy Army Progress Report What did I get done, what is still left to do?

01/26/05 Patrol Clash Tourney and aftermath! 3 400pt battles and a 1000pt battle as well, using a new style of Tyranid army.

1/19/05 Seattle GT '05 plans Speed Kills and so do I.

1/13/05 The Theme's the thing! Themed armies. How and why to make them, how and why not to.

12/29/04 The making of Jack Skellington The making of Jack Skellington as a 40k Character, and modeling in general.

12/22/04 Tactical Positioning How to gang up on the enemy, even if they outnumber you.

12/15/04 Speed Combat How to assault and win big in 4th edition.

12/08/04 Who will fight me? Finding a worthy opponent.

12/01/04 Composition and the Art of Not Being a Jerk The US Grand Tournament circuit seems to be dropping the Composition category, and I think it's a shame.

11/24/04 Yee Ha! Ride 'em Chaosboy! What I'm planning for my Fantasy Debut, why I chose it and how I'm planning on using it.

11/17/04 Building Buildings! Part one of urban terrain making made easy

11/10/04 Necrons and Chaos and Tyranids, Oh My! A three-way Battle Report!

11/03/04 How to make creepier Tyranids, and a lot of them: The history and making of the Stalker and it's subsequent bio-strains Fun and creepy conversions for your bugs!

10/27/04 The Armchair General Strikes: UM vs Orks Commentary on the latest White Dwarf Battle Report.

10/20/04 A medium size tournament Come see how I fared at the medium tournament in preparation for the larger one, plus my newly revised list for the next tournament.

10/13/04 Plans for my medium Swarm I'm planning destruction on a well, medium scale. 1100pt Tyranid Tournament list and plans.

10/06/04 New Edition, New threats With the changes in the rules from 3rd to 4th edition, here are some things that we are likely to see.

09/29/04 The Nightmare Before Christmas? Jack Skellington is the Pumpkin King and I think he'll make a great prince, too. Daemon Prince that is!

09/22/04 Bugs at the Picnic Well, I went to a 750pt tournament with my Tyranids and I wrote up some battle reports for my games.

09/15/04 Even More Bugs! Well, in addition to beefing up my large Tyranid army, I'm going to a small tourney this weekend and I'll be taking 750pts of Tyranids to that one, with adjustments for 4th edition rules.

09/08/04 Expanding the Swarm!In my quest for Tournament Tyranids, I find I need more bugs, but what kind?

09/01/04 4th Edition ReviewCome see what the changes are and how I think they will affect the game.

08/25/04 4th edition Battle Report, take 2 Shooting vs Assaulting, how are the new rules balanced?

08/18/04 My first 4th edition Battle Report Come see what the future holds!

08/11/04 Bug Update, part 2 How much did I get done in one week of painting Tyranids?

08/04/04 Bug Update I'm updating the paint of my Tyranid army and I've given myself a short deadline!

07/28/04 It's a Small World, After All!

07/21/04 Shoot the Shooters! "Don't worry, they can't possibly reach us from this dist-"

07/14/04 Playing in the Mud How to make some swampy terrain that really has character!

07/07/04 Forests and Hills How to make some good looking terrain easily!

06/30/04 Manners How to get your point across and have others be happy you did!

06/22/04 Knight Study Take a look at my newly painted Knights and the tutorial about how I painted them.

06/16/04 Blacklining "I keep seeing little black lines." "Have you seen a doctor?" "Nope, just little black lines."

06/09/04 The Terrainmaker Portable Stonehenge

06/02/04 Would you like some Cheese with your Whine? Some ponderings on the meaning of cheese.

05/26/04 Just Another Brick in the Waaaagh! A Fantasy Battle report involving Orcs and Chaos Knights.

05/19/04 Little Armies, Big Fun! A 40k in 40 minutes tournament with battle reports.

05/12/04 The Olde Ball and Chain Orcs and Goblins are back against Chaos in a larger battle.

05/05/04 Mining for Gold Good Webites and how to find them.

04/28/04 Riders of the Storm vs. Boss Waaaaaaaagh!! A small battle report for Fantasy.

04/21/04 Riders of the Storm How I plan to use my Chaos Knights effectively.

04/14/04 Storm of Chaos Fluff!

04/07/04 A Gallery, A Gallery!

03/31/04 Imperial Guard Tactica, part 2 Or, The heck with Duty and Honor, I want my tanks!

03/24/04 Imperial Guard Tactica, part 1 Or, they can't possibly hurt me with those silly little flash....

03/17/04 Painting Effectively Or, How green is your Gobbo and how long did it take to do that?

03/010/04 Seattle GT Scoring How I did and What it all means.

03/03/04 Seattle GT Results Hive Fleet Geek and the Seattle GT, with battle briefs.

02/25/04 Paint Like a Heretic! Effective and efficient painting, maybe I will get all this stuff painted before I die!

02/018/04 Good things come in small packages 40k in 40 minutes, with added plans!

02/011/04 I coulda been a contender! Tyranids vs Doom Eagles Battle Report Action.

02/04/04 Who put the dip in dip-de-dip-de-dip? I'm painting my Tyranids for Seattle and I'm trying a new method.

01/28/04 Vancouver Grand Tournament Results Fun and games in the Great White North, with battle briefs.

01/21/04 Fantasy and 40k, together at last Two great games that go great together?

01/14/04 I Hunger!!! I've sharpened the claws of my splinter fleet for the Seattle GT and I have a new plan.

01/07/04 Tyranids and Terminators, head to head A little battle report and explanation of my thoughts on my Tyranid and Terminator armies for Seattle and Vancouver GTs.

12/30/03 State of the Warp, updated What's going on?

12/24/03 Capture the Flag A 40k take on a familiar game.

12/17/03 The Three Triads of Victory An interesting tactical philosophy.

12/09/03 It's off to the Races! A competitive scenario focusing on speed, as well as bloodshed!

12/03/03 Making the most of your army This is an expensive and time-consuming hobby (aren't they all?) how can we manage it?

11/26/03 Tips, Tricks and Tactics What's in your bag of tricks?

11/19/03 Achieving Goals Getting motivated and holding yourself accountable, or How am I going to paint all those Gobbos?

11/12/03 Vancouver Grand Tournament '04 Take off to the Great White North!

11/05/03 Recruiting The Hook that brings them back...

10/29/03 Tunnels and Caves What you don't know can hurt you, which is half the fun!

10/22/03 Da Littlest Waagh! In the beginning, The Charles Created Gobbos and they were good, or something.

10/15/03 State of the Warp Address What's going on here, anyway?.